萌动

萌動
méngdòng
  1. to sprout
  2. (fig.) to emerge

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to start; to begin; to spring up
  2. (literal, botany) to sprout; to germinate; to bud
  3. to sprout; to germinate; to bud
  4. to start; to begin; to spring up

Wiktionary

  1. 草木发芽。
  2. 开始发动。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 萌 méng
  1. (bound form) to sprout; to bud
  2. (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
  3. variant of 氓 méng
2 动 dòng
  1. (of sth) to move
  2. to set in movement
  3. to displace
  4. to touch
  5. to make use of
  6. to stir (emotions)
  7. to alter
  8. abbr. for 动词 dòngcí, verb

Related entries

出苗 chūmiáo
  1. to sprout
  2. to come out (of seedling)
  3. to bud
权舆 quányú
  1. to sprout
  2. (fig). to begin
  3. beginning
滋芽 zīyá
  1. (dialect) to sprout
  2. to germinate
萌发 méngfā
  1. to sprout
  2. to shoot
  3. to bud
长出 zhǎngchū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)
錢不會從樹上長出來。

Money does not grow on trees.

Source: Tatoeba

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